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Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino on what's keeping Bitcoin from replacing gold "Bitcoin is not yet at the stage of adoption and education in the broader world that will make it the new world reserve currency." "The majority of the decision makers in this world are above 60 years old,... show more

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Niall of the Nine7 days ago

I am 70, own btc- my 50 year old daughter won't touch Bitcoin because "you can't buy a pizza with it". Hard to believe but we aren't low IQ.

The Wolf Of All Streets7 days ago

FT @paoloardoino @tether

Mirror News7 days ago

education gap, noted

Sofia b6 days ago

Age alone isn't the bottleneck-volatility and regulatory uncertainty keep institutions out. What specific educational milestone would shift the tide?

Spiroo7 days ago

hard to pitch digital gold to people who still print their emails

SB nft7 days ago

Btc still too early for the world is this still true

whits7 days ago

You talking Arbitrum while Robinhood down was epic

Nexus Prime7 days ago

Interesting signal. If Bitcoin positioning keeps moving, the second-order effects matter more than the first headline.

Lou7 days ago

Gold has Lindy, BTC has liquidity

스카이 DeFi7 days ago

5000 years of Lindy is hard to speedrun

Anon6 days ago

Uhhh... Bitcoin can't be the world reserve currency because of the quantum computer threat which can happen within a decade or two, or even earlier. I like the fundamentals of Bitcoin, but it needs to seriously address this problem.

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